Ezekiel 15

Chapter 15

Jerusalem like a Useless Vine

¹Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

²“Son of man, how is the wood of the ^avine better than any wood of a branch which is among the trees of the forest?

³“Can wood be taken from it to make ¹anything, or can men take a peg from it on which to hang any vessel?

⁴“¹If it has been put into the ^afire for fuel, and the fire has consumed both of its ends and its middle part has been charred, is it then useful for ²anything?

⁵“Behold, while it is intact, it is not made into ¹anything. How much less, when the fire has consumed it and it is charred, can it still be made into anything!

⁶“Therefore, thus says the Lord ¹God, ‘As the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so have I given up the inhabitants of Jerusalem;

⁷and I ^aset My face against them. Though they have ^bcome out of the fire, yet the fire will consume them. Then you will know that I am the Lord, when I set My face against them.

⁸‘Thus I will make the land desolate, because they have ^aacted unfaithfully,’ ” declares the Lord God.